The Brisk Young Bachelor (chrom)

by 16th C. English folk song · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE BRISK YOUNG BACHELOR chrom

Key: Em

 7  -6* 7 -7  -8    -7    -8    6
Once I was a brisk young bach’-lor
 7  -6*  7   -7  -8   -7   -8
Till I gained a hand-some wife
-7 7   7   -6*  7  6   6  -6* -5
I want-ed some-one to live by me
 6   6   -4 -3 -4 -5   6
Help me lead a so-ber life
-6* -6*  7    7  -6*
With a whack fal-lor,
-6*  7   7  -6*  6  -6* -5
The did-dle and the dee-do
  6    6  -4   -3  -4  -4 -5  6
whack fal-lor, the did-dle-o-day

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